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English Dictionary: pervious	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for pervious
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pervious adj admitting of passage or entrance; "pervious soil"; "a metal pervious to heat" Antonym(s): imperviable, impervious
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pervious \Per"vious\, a. [L. pervis; per + via a way. See {Per-}, and {Voyage}.] 1. Admitting passage; capable of being penetrated by another body or substance; permeable; as, a pervious* soil. [Doors] . . . pervious to winds, and open every way. --Pope. 2. Capable of being penetrated, or seen through, by physical or mental vision. [R.] God, whose secrets are pervious to no eye. --Jer. Taylor. 3. Capable of penetrating or pervading. [Obs.] --Prior. 4. (Zo[94]l.) Open; -- used synonymously with perforate, as applied to the nostrils or birds.